Jeremy Crawford
Jeremy Crawford | |
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| Error creating thumbnail: Jeremy Crawford, one of the Lead Designers of Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, at Lucca Comics & Games 2014. | |
| Occupation | Game designer |
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Phillip Lienau (m. 2014) |
Jeremy Crawford is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. He worked for Wizards of the Coast from 2007 to 2025 on the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. He was the Lead Rules Designer for the game's 4th edition, and one of the Lead Designers of the game's 5th Edition. In 2025, he became the Game Director of Darrington Press.
Career
[edit | edit source]Green Ronin Publishing (2005–2007)
[edit | edit source]Jeremy Crawford co-designed and edited the Blue Rose (2005) role-playing game along with Steve Kenson for Green Ronin Publishing.[3] Blue Rose won the 2005 ENnie Awards for "Best Rules" and "Best d20 Game".[4] Crawford is credited on the updated edition of Blue Rose (2017)[5] as it carried forward parts of the setting design from the original edition.[6] He also worked on the second edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and Mutants & Masterminds.[6][7]
Wizards of the Coast (2007–2025)
[edit | edit source]He was hired by Wizards of the Coast in 2007 as a game designer for their flagship Dungeons & Dragons product, and has worked there since then. His Dungeons & Dragons design credits include Player's Handbook 2 (2009),[8] Dungeon Master's Kit (2010), and Heroes of the Fallen Lands (2010).
He was the rules manager for the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Development on a new edition started in 2011 and Crawford became the Co-Lead Designer, along with Mike Mearls, of the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Crawford also became the lead rules developer and managing editor of the edition.[9] Under Crawford and Mearls, there became a concerted effort to boost inclusiveness both in the game and in the development of the game.[10] The 5th Edition version of the game credits women as contributors to its design more than any previous one: about 26 percent are female, as opposed to 20 percent in 4th Edition and 12 percent in 3rd Edition.[11] The Mary Sue reported that under this new direction, 40% of Dungeons & Dragons players in 2018 are women which is an increase "from 2012, when women made up 20–25% of players".[12] He is credited as one of the authors of the Player's Handbook for the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons, along with several other books in the edition.[13] He also wrote the monthly "Sage Advice" newsletter.[14]
In December 2018, Crawford took over as the Dungeon Master for Dungeons & Dragons actual play series Acquisitions Incorporated, which was previously helmed by colleague Chris Perkins.[15]
In 2024, he became the Game Director of Dungeons & Dragons.[16] He was the lead designer on the Player's Handbook (2024) which was part of the 2024 revision to the 5th Edition ruleset.[17][18] Crawford won the Gayming Icon Award for his Dungeons & Dragons game design in 2024.[19][18] In April 2025, following the release of the 2024 revised core rulebooks for Dungeons & Dragons, Crawford announced that he was leaving Wizards of the Coast.[20]
Darrington Press (2025–present)
[edit | edit source]In June 2025, it was announced that both Crawford and Chris Perkins would be joining Critical Role Productions' tabletop game imprint Darrington Press.[21][22][23] Crawford became the company's Game Director while Perkins became the Creative Director which matches their former roles at Wizards of the Coast.[22][23][24] Crawford explained that "Chris and I talked about his retirement plan for years, so his approaching departure was long on my mind" along with the release of the 2024 revised Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks led him to feel "it was time to explore a new chapter for myself".[21] In July 2025, Darrington Press announced that Crawford will be creating a setting exploring a new genre for their tabletop role-playing game Daggerheart.[25]
In November 2025 at PAX Unplugged, actual play series Acquisitions Incorporated rebooted using the Daggerheart system, with Crawford continuing as its gamemaster.[26]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Crawford is gay,[27][28] and married his husband Phillip Lienau in 2014.[1][2][29]
Works
[edit | edit source]| Title | Game | Credits | Date | ISBN |
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| Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay | Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd edition | Designer | 2005 | 978-1844162208 |
| Blue Rose | Blue Rose 1st edition | Designer, Editor | 2005 | 978-1932442229 |
| Blue Rose Companion | Blue Rose 1st edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2005 | 978-1932442366 |
| World of Aldea | Blue Rose 1st edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2006 | 978-1932442465 |
| Paragons | Mutants & Masterminds 2nd edition | Designer | 2007 | |
| Player's Handbook | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2008 | 978-0786949298 |
| Monster Manual | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2008 | 978-0786948529 |
| Forgotten Realms Player's Guide | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2008 | 978-0786949298 |
| 4th Edition Core Rulebook Collection | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2008 | 978-1786950638 |
| Dungeon Master's Guide | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2008 | 978-0786948802 |
| Player's Handbook 2 | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2009 | 978-0-7869-5016-4 |
| Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2009 | 978-0786950003 |
| Player Essentials: Heroes of the Fallen Lands | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2010 | 978-0786956203 |
| Monster Manual 3 | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2010 | 978-0786954902 |
| Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2010 | 978-0786956296 |
| Dungeon Master's Kit | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2010 | 978-0786956302 |
| Player's Option: Heroes of the Feywild | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786958368 |
| Player's Option: Heroes of Shadow | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786957453 |
| Neverwinter Campaign Setting | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786958146 |
| Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786958382 |
| Book of Vile Darkness | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2011 | 978-0786958689 |
| Player's Option: Heroes of the Elemental Chaos | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer, Production Staff | 2012 | |
| Into the Unknown: The Dungeon Survival Handbook | Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition | Designer | 2012 | 978-0786960323 |
| Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Project Lead | August 2013 | 978-0786965311 |
| Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | D&D Lead Designer | 15 July 2014 | 978-0786965595 |
| Player's Handbook (2014) | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | D&D Lead Designer, Player's Handbook Lead | 19 August 2014 | 978-0786965601 |
| Monster Manual | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | D&D Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 30 September 2014 | 978-0786965618 |
| Dungeon Master's Guide | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | D&D Lead Designer, Dungeon Master's Guide Lead | 9 December 2014 | 978-0786965625 |
| Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Designer, Managing Editor, D&D Lead Designer | 3 November 2015 | 978-0786965809 |
| Elemental Evil Player's Companion | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | D&D Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 16 April 2015 | |
| Curse of Strahd | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | D&D Lead Designer, Designer, Managing Editor | 15 March 2016 | 978-0786965984 |
| Storm King's Thunder | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | D&D Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 6 September 2016 | 9780786966004 |
| Volo's Guide to Monsters | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Lead Rules Developer, Managing Editor | 15 November 2016 | 978-0786966011 |
| Tales from the Yawning Portal | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Lead Rules Developer, Managing Editor | 4 April 2017 | 978-0-7869-6609-7 |
| Tomb of Annihilation | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Lead Rules Developer, Managing Editor | 19 September 2017 | 9780786966103 |
| Xanathar's Guide to Everything | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 21 November 2017 | 978-0786966110 |
| Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Lead Designer, Managing Editor | 29 May 2018 | 978-0786966240 |
| Waterdeep: Dragon Heist | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Rules Development, Managing Editor | 18 September 2018 | 978-0786966592 |
| Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Managing Editor | 20 November 2018 | 978-0786966264 |
| Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Lead Designer, Managing Editor, Ravnica World Design | 20 November 2018 | 978-0786966592 |
| Ghosts of Saltmarsh | Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition | Developer | 21 May 2019 | 978-0786966752 |
| Player's Handbook (2024) | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition | Lead Designer | 17 September 2024 | 978-0786969821 |
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External links
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